Word
To små hunde løber i parken.
Meaning
Two small dogs are running in the park.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about To små hunde løber i parken.
Why is the word for "small" små here instead of lille?
små is the plural form of the adjective lille (small). Because there are two dogs, the adjective must match them by taking its plural form. This is one of the few very irregular adjectives in Danish!
How do we form the plural for the word hund (dog)?
In Danish, many common nouns become plural by adding -e to the end. So, the singular word hund becomes the plural hunde.
The English translation says "are running". Why is there no word for "are" in the Danish sentence?
Danish does not have a separate continuous tense like English does. The present tense verb løber translates to both "run" and "are running". You just use the sentence context to know which one makes sense in English.
Where is the word for "the" in i parken (in the park)?
Instead of putting a separate word for "the" in front of the noun, Danish attaches it to the end. Because park is a common gender word (an en word), you add -en to the end to get parken (the park).